Q: Is 3,983,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,983,952 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 3,983,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 71 84 112 142 167 168 213 284 334 336 426 497 501 568 668 852 994 1,002 1,136 1,169 1,336 1,491 1,704 1,988 2,004 2,338 2,672 2,982 3,408 3,507 3,976 4,008 4,676 5,964 7,014 7,952 8,016 9,352 11,857 11,928 14,028 18,704 23,714 23,856 28,056 35,571 47,428 56,112 71,142 82,999 94,856 142,284 165,998 189,712 248,997 284,568 331,996 497,994 569,136 663,992 995,988 1,327,984 1,991,976 and 3,983,952, with no remainder.

Since 3,983,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,983,952, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).